Charging per gb to use internet is ridiculous

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vgamail

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#110763 15-Oct-2012 16:05

Very good article in NZ Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10840508

johnr

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#701565 15-Oct-2012 16:06

Do you mean GB?

Zeon

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#701571 15-Oct-2012 16:12

LOL at that guy. He runs an ISP but doesn't understand thinks traffic around NZ is free. LOL WTF?! Telecom still do charge smaller players to hand over traffic albeit they do have peering points if you want to pay the backhaul for them and Telstra doesn't even have this.

Reminds me of that guy posting on ehre who wanted to overbuild the Hamilton fibre network.

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#701572 15-Oct-2012 16:16

shifting traffic around New Zealand is essentially free

Yeah right..

vgamail

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#701585 15-Oct-2012 16:34

johnr: Do you mean GB?

Yes, the journalist means GB. Not me.

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#701591 15-Oct-2012 16:37

Zeon: LOL at that guy. He runs an ISP but doesn't understand thinks traffic around NZ is free. LOL WTF?! Telecom still do charge smaller players to hand over traffic albeit they do have peering points if you want to pay the backhaul for them and Telstra doesn't even have this.

Reminds me of that guy posting on ehre who wanted to overbuild the Hamilton fibre network.

TelstraClear and Telecom both require transit to be purchased as neither openly peer like other ISP's do at APE or WIX.